The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-05-28
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Odd Biz Of I'll. wit-The Terror OF Red

Dog.
eIook herel | hain't been raised on beetles
myself: don't eat 'em at home and l amt
goin' 10 eat EN- when pay for bean soup"
II was Samuel Standish Winthrop who
spoke. turning angrily away from the best
table i'm the only hotel at Red Dog Samuel
Standi,h Winthrop, the only son Of one OF the
oldest and proudest families OF Boston; a
graduate Of Harvard; brilliant poet,
artist. AN accomplished linguist, lecturer,
aud a man who. young as he was, had once
read Browning in the original Nandyke
Brown. Polished, courtly and refined in
speech and manner, the child Of the Oldest
and best culture OF this continent was
strange contrast 20 the rough scene and
rougher men around him. Trere were Few
of the inhabitants Of Red Dog in the dining
room at the time Most of the boys were in
the mines. and jim Wild, Maj Coldeck and
Judge Lynch had gone out 20 bury stranger
from Ohio. whom il was found necessary 20
shoot during the discussion over the relative
merits Of four and a full, 50 that, with the
exception Of few miners and gamblers
lounging at the bar, the room was compare
lively deserted Winthrop raised bis voice
with that perfect mOdulati0n that spoke his
university training:
IL say. pardner bring along dip net and
scoop out these beetles | take my soup and
binds separate
Rising lazly from the floor in a corner OF
the room. where he sat in the dust mending
aforlorn parrot ancient moccasns, Tarantula
Sam the uukempt, tattcred lazy hostler,
waiter and man Of all work al the Red Dog
hostelIv, shuilled mp 20 the table and leaning
over The young Bostonan's shoulder, with a
defines born of the mountain and camp
easily f,hel out the obnoxious insect with
hi, finger
"Sec. Sgnor,n said the half breed, holding
II before him. "you are mistaken ID is not
true beetle. hardly thought it could be- pos
sibe i'm this atifude Note the vertical
eongation of the head the slender antennw,
the large rcuiform compound eyes the shield
like tergal portion Of the prothorax, over
tapping the head in front and the tergal por
ton of the mesothorax behind; the mcrcasin.
length Of the strong legs, from the first pair
10 the last the elongated, many jorted,
setose styles cerci - al its extremity; all
these mark one of the least modified forms Of
the insecta. Blatta orientalis the common
cOckr0ach Of commerce"
The half breed paused, with the cockroach
held meditatively in his fingers; there was a
little movement in the group Of iders gam
blers, Transfers and miners at the bar; Co..
Tarheel the landlord, broke the silence with,
"Well l viii be doggone"
Samuel Standi,h Winthrop had fallen
down dead on the floor
GIVE NE EXCESS OF IT.
Music says Carlyle. "i- kind of mar
ticulate mfathomablc speech. which leads
us 10 the edge of the infinite and let, us for
moments gaze into that" am easily moved
wits concord of sweet sounds. ] love the sold
and antique song more than light airs. and
recollected terms Of these most brisk and
giddy pated times but never did ! appre-
ciate Carlyles saving until few nights
since, when heard Patti sing Home, Sweet
Home" viii give YOU one stanza myself
mid pleasures and palaces though we may
roam.
BE it ever g. humble there's oplase nsc home:
y Shnrm from the skies seems 10 hallow ms
there
which Seek through the world, IS not met with
elsewhere
Home home Sweet, Sweet home'
sh3r3s ] no plaSe like home;
'h3r3S no.ho Slase isis SSSS'
PERFECTION.
a friend whowas sitting 10 Micheal Angelo
for a revised statue called on the sculptor
with his best expression, and some time after
ward called again: the sculptor wa, still sculp-
ing. although he wa, mo- sculpin. His friend
looking at his work said: You have not
been idle since / saw You last, but YOU had
better have BEEN "By mo- MEANS" replied
the sculptor 81 have ret0uched this part
and polished that; have ,oficn.d this feat
ure and brought out thi, muscle; l." "Yor
have twisted my upper lip; You have made
great wrinkle across the cheek. You have
carved a wart ON the nose and set the ear
further back. and made one eye crooked, eX-
claimed tie friend "But these are trihos,'
SAID the sculptor, "and trfes make perfec-
ton, and perfection is no trillc' But the re-
marks which his friend dropped as he started
for the rival gallery across the way convinced
Michael that % is easier 10 run powder mill
in Brimstoneville than it is to please an I'M
married man with bis picture
THE FREE LIST SUSPENDED.
"What is the duty Of the hourN asked the
teacher And the assessors boy said be didn't
know unless it was the tax or Watches